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{{short description|Foremost engineering corps of the French government}}
[[File:CorpsDesMines.png|300px|thumb|upright=2.2|Members of the ''Corps des mines'', from the left to the right and the top to the bottom: [[Jacques Attali]] (author, economist), [[Henri Poincaré]] (mathematician, physicist), [[Anne Lauvergeon]] (business executive), [[Maurice Allais]] ([[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]), [[Patrick Kron]] (business executive) and [[Albert Lebrun]] ([[President of France]]).]]
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The '''''Corps des mines''''' is the foremost technical [[Grands corps de l'État|Grand Corps of the French State]] (grands corps de l'Etat). It is composed of the ''Mine'' ''State engineers''. The Corps is attached to the [[Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment (France)|French ministry of Economy and industry]]. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.
[[File:CorpsDesMines.png|300px|thumb|upright=2.2|Members of the {{lang|fr|Corps des mines}}, from the left to the right and the top to the bottom: [[Jacques Attali]] (author, economist), [[Henri Poincaré]] (mathematician, physicist), [[Anne Lauvergeon]] (business executive), [[Maurice Allais]] ([[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize in Economics]]), [[Patrick Kron]] (business executive) and [[Albert Lebrun]] ([[President of France]]).]]


The '''{{lang|fr|Corps des mines}}''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔʁ de min}}) is the foremost technical [[Grands corps de l'État|Grand Corps of the French State]] ({{langx|fr|grands corps de l'Etat}}). It is composed of the state industrial engineers. The Corps is attached to the [[Minister of the Economy and Finance (France)|French Ministry of Economy and Finance]]. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.
Members are educated at the [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]], also known as [[Mines ParisTech]]. Each year, the Corps recruits between 10 and 20 members. Most of them are alumnis from [[École polytechnique]] who are then known as [[X-Mines]], and rank usually among the top 10 students of [[École Polytechnique]]; others come from [[École normale supérieure]] (ENS), [[Télécom ParisTech]] (former ENST) or the regular curriculum of the [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]]. Upon graduation, ''Corps des Mines'' engineers hold executive positions in the French administration.


Members are educated at the {{lang|fr|École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris}}, also known as [[Mines ParisTech]]. Each year, the Corps recruits between 10 and 20 members. Most of them are alumni from {{lang|fr|[[École polytechnique]]|italics=no}}, who are usually among the top ranked students, others come from {{lang|fr|[[École normale supérieure]]}} (ENS), [[Télécom Paris]] or regular graduates of the Mines ParisTech. Upon graduation, {{lang|fr|Corps des mines}} engineers hold executive positions in the French administration.
''Corps des Mines'' engineers tend to hold top executive positions in [[France]]'s major industrial companies in the course of their career.


{{lang|fr|Corps des mines}} engineers tend to hold top executive positions in France's major industrial companies in the course of their career.
Being admitted to the ''Corps des Mines'' program is considered a significant fast-track for executive careers in France.

Being admitted to the {{lang|fr|Corps des mines}} program is considered a significant fast-track for executive careers in France.


==Missions==
==Missions==
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''Corps des Mines'' engineers typically hold high-level technical or executive positions in various ministries or international organizations.
''Corps des Mines'' engineers typically hold high-level technical or executive positions in various ministries or international organizations.
After serving in the administration, part of the ''Corps des Mines'' engineers will transition to the private sector, where they hold top executive positions in large industrial companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20150304.OBS3839/comment-les-ingenieurs-des-mines-ont-pris-le-pouvoir.html |accessdate= May 7, 2015 |title = Comment les ingénieurs des Mines ont pris le pouvoir |agency=Nouvel Obs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://multinationales.org/Une-haute-fonction-publique-privee-a-la-francaise-pres-de-la-moitie-du-CAC40-a | title = Une haute fonction publique privée à la francaise|agency=Multinationales.org}}</ref>
After serving in the administration, part of the ''Corps des Mines'' engineers transfer to the private sector, where they hold top executive positions in large industrial companies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20150304.OBS3839/comment-les-ingenieurs-des-mines-ont-pris-le-pouvoir.html |accessdate= May 7, 2015 |title = Comment les ingénieurs des Mines ont pris le pouvoir |agency=Nouvel Obs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://multinationales.org/Une-haute-fonction-publique-privee-a-la-francaise-pres-de-la-moitie-du-CAC40-a | title = Une haute fonction publique privée à la francaise|agency=Multinationales.org}}</ref>


==Recruitment and training==
==Recruitment and training==


''Corps des Mines'' engineers are recruited among the top students from [[École polytechnique]], [[École normale supérieure]], [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]] and [[Télécom ParisTech]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mines-paristech.eu/About-us/The-quot-corps-des-Mines-quot/|title=Senior civil servants trained in MINES ParisTech - MINES PARISTECH|website=www.mines-paristech.eu|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>. About twenty engineers enroll every year. During the course of their training, the ''Corps des Mines'' engineers have to complete two one-year positions in private companies (one in France and one abroad), followed by a one-year training in public administration, hosted at [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]].
''Corps des Mines'' engineers are recruited among the top students from [[École polytechnique]], [[École normale supérieure]], [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]] and [[Télécom ParisTech]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mines-paristech.eu/About-us/The-quot-corps-des-Mines-quot/|title=Senior civil servants trained in MINES ParisTech - MINES PARISTECH|website=www.mines-paristech.eu|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> About twenty engineers enroll every year. During the course of their training, the ''Corps des Mines'' engineers have to complete two one-year positions in private companies (one in France and one abroad), followed by a one-year training in public administration, hosted at [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris]].


The main aim of the training is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge about how companies operate, together with a sound understanding of government responsibilities in the technical and economic fields
The main aim of the training is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge about how companies operate, together with a sound understanding of government responsibilities in the technical and economic fields.


==Former Corps des Mines members==
==Notable members==


These {{lang|fr|ingénieurs des mines}} are listed by chronological order of birthdate.
The following are alumni of the school:


{{div col}}
=== Historical ===
* [[Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy|Armand Dufrénoy]] (1792-1857)

* [[Gabriel Lamé]] (1795-1870)
*[[Maurice Allais]], 1988 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
* [[Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont|Élie de Beaumont]] (1798-1874)
*[[Charles de Freycinet]], prime minister of [[France]] at the end of the 19th century
* [[Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron|Émile Clapeyron]] (1799-1864), one of the founder of thermodynamics
*[[Henri Poincaré]], Nineteenth century mathematician and scientist.
* [[Michel Chevalier]] (1806-1879)
*[[Conrad Schlumberger]], founder with his brother Marcel of the Société de Prospection Electrique, that became later [[Schlumberger Limited]]
* [[Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play|Frédéric le Play]] (1806-1882)

* [[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878)
=== Current ===
* [[Louis Le Chatelier]] (1815-1873)
*[[Jacques Aschenbroich]], CEO of [[Valeo]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Le Point |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/economie/jacques-aschenbroich-star-discrete-du-salon-de-l-auto-04-10-2018-2260310_28.php |title=Jacques Aschenbroich star discrète du salon de l'auto|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Charles-Eugène Delaunay]] (1816-1872)
*[[Jean-Louis Beffa]], CEO of [[Saint-Gobain]]
* [[Achille Delesse]] (1817-1881)
*[[Jacques Biot]], former president of [[École Polytechnique]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacques Nicolas BIOT (né en 1952)|url=http://www.annales.org/archives/x/biot.html|website=Les Annales des Mines|accessdate=November 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Charles de Freycinet]] (1828-1923), prime minister of [[France]] at the end of the 19th century
*[[Jean-Laurent Bonnafé]], CEO of [[BNP Paribas]]
* [[Camille Jordan]] (1838-1922)
*Patrice Caine, CEO of [[Thales Group]]
* [[Henry Louis Le Chatelier|Henry Le Chatelier]] (1850-1936), chemist
*[[Jean-Pierre Clamadieu]], CEO of [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]], Chairman of [[Rhodia (company)|Rhodia]]
* [[Henry Küss]] (1852-1914)
*[[Thierry Desmarest]], former CEO of [[Total S.A.|Total]]
* [[Henri Poincaré]] (1854-1912), Nineteenth century mathematician and scientist
*[[Jean-Martin Folz]], former CEO of [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]]
* [[Édouard Estaunié]] (1862-1942)
*[[Noël Forgeard]], former CEO of [[Airbus]] and [[EADS]]
* [[Georges Friedel]] (1865-1933)
*[[Carlos Ghosn]], former CEO of [[Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi]]
* [[Alfred-Marie Liénard]] (1869-1958)
*[[Isabelle Kocher]], former CEO of [[Engie]]
* [[Albert Lebrun]] (1871-1950), president of [[France]] during the 3rd republic
*[[Anne Lauvergeon]], former CEO of [[Areva]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/malgre-les-affaires-anne-lauvergeon-reste-incontournable_623664 |title = Malgré les affaires, Anne Lauvergeon reste incontournable|accessdate=November 2, 2018 |agency=Challenges}}</ref>
* [[Conrad Schlumberger]] (1878-1936), founder with his brother Marcel of the Société de Prospection Electrique, that became later [[Schlumberger Limited]]
*[[Jean-Bernard Lévy]], CEO of [[Électricité de France]]
* [[Georges Painvin]] (1886-1980)
*[[Francis Mer]], former CEO of [[Usinor]] and former [[Minister of Finances (France)|Minister of Finances]]
* [[Paul Lévy (mathematician)|Paul Lévy]] (1886-1971)
*[[Luc Oursel]], CEO of [[Areva]]
* [[Léon Daum]] (1887-1966)
*[[Patrick Pouyanné]], CEO of [[Total S.A.|Total]]
* [[Louis Armand]] (1905-1971)
*[[Pierre Pringuet]], former CEO of [[Pernod Ricard]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abescat |first1=Bruno |title=Pierre Pringuet, patron sortant de Pernod Ricard, maître distillateur d'influence |url=https://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/entreprises/pierre-pringuet-patron-sortant-de-pernod-ricard-maitre-distillateur-d-influence_1650552.html|website=L'Expess}}</ref>
* [[Pierre Guillaumat]] (1909-1991)
*Patrick Fragman, CEO of [[Westinghouse Electric Company]]
* [[Maurice Allais]] (1911-2010), 1988 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
*[[Denis Ranque]], Chairman of [[Airbus]], former CEO of [[Thales Group]]
* [[Maurice Lauré]] (1917-2001)
*{{interlanguage link|Jean Syrota|WD=Q3174718}}, former CEO of Cogema
* [[Jacques Friedel]] (1921-2014)
*{{interlanguage link|Philippe Varin|WD=Q1370124}}, CEO of [[Areva]], former CEO of [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]]
* [[Claude Bloch]] (1923-1971)
* [[Pierre Laffitte (politician)|Pierre Laffitte]] (1925-2021)
* {{ill|André Giraud|fr}} (1925-1997)
* [[Georges Besse]] (1927-1986)
* [[Robert Dautray]] (1928)
* [[Yves Jeannin]] (1931)
* [[Roger Balian]] (1933)
* [[Gérard Théry]] (1933-2021)
* [[Charles-Michel Marle]] (1934)
* [[Lionel Stoléru]] (1937-2016)
* [[Francis Mer]] (1939), former CEO of [[Usinor]] and former [[Minister of Finances (France)|Minister of Finances]]
* [[Jean-Louis Beffa]] (1941), CEO of [[Saint-Gobain]]
* [[Didier Lombard]] (1942)
* [[Bertrand P. Collomb|Bertrand Collomb]] (1942-2019)
* [[Thierry de Montbrial]] (1943)
* [[Jacques Attali]] (1943)
* [[Jacques Vernier (politician)|Jacques Vernier]] (1944)
* [[Thierry Desmarest]] (1945), former CEO of [[TotalEnergies]]
* [[Noël Forgeard]] (1946), former CEO of [[Airbus]] and [[EADS]]
* [[Gérard Berry]] (1946)
* [[Jean-Martin Folz]] (1947), former CEO of [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]]
* [[Jean-Louis Masson (politician, 1947)|Jean-Louis Masson]] (1947)
* [[Pierre Pringuet]] (1950), former CEO of [[Pernod Ricard]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abescat |first1=Bruno |title=Pierre Pringuet, patron sortant de Pernod Ricard, maître distillateur d'influence |url=https://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/entreprises/pierre-pringuet-patron-sortant-de-pernod-ricard-maitre-distillateur-d-influence_1650552.html|website=L'Expess|date=12 February 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Denis Ranque]] (1952), Chairman of [[Airbus]], former CEO of [[Thales Group]]
* [[Jacques Biot]] (1952), former president of [[École Polytechnique]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jacques Nicolas BIOT (né en 1952)|url=http://www.annales.org/archives/x/biot.html|website=Les Annales des Mines|accessdate=November 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Kron]] (1953)
* [[François Loos]] (1953)
* [[Jacques Aschenbroich]] (1954), CEO of [[Valeo]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Le Point |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/economie/jacques-aschenbroich-star-discrete-du-salon-de-l-auto-04-10-2018-2260310_28.php |title=Jacques Aschenbroich star discrète du salon de l'auto|accessdate=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Bernard Lévy]] (1955), CEO of [[Électricité de France]]
* [[Laurence Danon]] (1956)
* [[Jean-Baptiste Leblond]] (1957)
* [[Jean-Pierre Clamadieu]] (1958), CEO of [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]], Chairman of [[Rhodia (company)|Rhodia]]
* [[Hervé Mariton]] (1958)
* [[Anne Lauvergeon]] (1959), former CEO of [[Areva]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/malgre-les-affaires-anne-lauvergeon-reste-incontournable_623664 |title = Malgré les affaires, Anne Lauvergeon reste incontournable|accessdate=November 2, 2018 |agency=Challenges}}</ref>
* [[Luc Oursel]] (1959-2014)
* [[Jean-Laurent Bonnafé]] (1961), CEO of [[BNP Paribas]]
* [[Fabrice Brégier]] (1961)
* [[Pascale Sourisse]] (1962)
* [[Michel Combes]] (1962)
* [[Patrick Pouyanné]] (1963), CEO of [[Total S.A.|Total]]
* [[François Bourdoncle]] (1964)
* [[Laure de La Raudière]] (1966)
* [[Thierry Garnier]] (1966)
* [[Isabelle Kocher]] (1966), former CEO of [[Engie]]
* [[Patrick Fragman]] (1967), President & CEO of Westinghouse Electric
* [[Nicolas Véron]] (1971)
* [[Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol]] (1977)
* [[Alfred Galichon]] (1977)
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Members of the Corps des mines, from the left to the right and the top to the bottom: Jacques Attali (author, economist), Henri Poincaré (mathematician, physicist), Anne Lauvergeon (business executive), Maurice Allais (Nobel Prize in Economics), Patrick Kron (business executive) and Albert Lebrun (President of France).

The Corps des mines (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ de min]) is the foremost technical Grand Corps of the French State (French: grands corps de l'Etat). It is composed of the state industrial engineers. The Corps is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve the government and train them for executive careers in France.

Members are educated at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, also known as Mines ParisTech. Each year, the Corps recruits between 10 and 20 members. Most of them are alumni from École polytechnique, who are usually among the top ranked students, others come from École normale supérieure (ENS), Télécom Paris or regular graduates of the Mines ParisTech. Upon graduation, Corps des mines engineers hold executive positions in the French administration.

Corps des mines engineers tend to hold top executive positions in France's major industrial companies in the course of their career.

Being admitted to the Corps des mines program is considered a significant fast-track for executive careers in France.

Missions

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Corps des Mines engineers contribute to the conception, implementation and evaluation of public policies in the fields of:

  • industry and economy
  • energy and natural resources
  • information and communication technologies
  • environment sustainability, industrial safety and public health
  • research, innovation and new technologies
  • land use planning and transportation
  • standardization and metrology
  • banking, insurance and financial services[1]

Corps des Mines engineers typically hold high-level technical or executive positions in various ministries or international organizations. After serving in the administration, part of the Corps des Mines engineers transfer to the private sector, where they hold top executive positions in large industrial companies.[2][3]

Recruitment and training

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Corps des Mines engineers are recruited among the top students from École polytechnique, École normale supérieure, École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris and Télécom ParisTech.[4] About twenty engineers enroll every year. During the course of their training, the Corps des Mines engineers have to complete two one-year positions in private companies (one in France and one abroad), followed by a one-year training in public administration, hosted at École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris.

The main aim of the training is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge about how companies operate, together with a sound understanding of government responsibilities in the technical and economic fields.

Notable members

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These ingénieurs des mines are listed by chronological order of birthdate.

References

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  1. ^ "Légifrance".
  2. ^ "Comment les ingénieurs des Mines ont pris le pouvoir". Nouvel Obs. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ^ "Une haute fonction publique privée à la francaise". Multinationales.org.
  4. ^ "Senior civil servants trained in MINES ParisTech - MINES PARISTECH". www.mines-paristech.eu. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. ^ Abescat, Bruno (12 February 2015). "Pierre Pringuet, patron sortant de Pernod Ricard, maître distillateur d'influence". L'Expess.
  6. ^ "Jacques Nicolas BIOT (né en 1952)". Les Annales des Mines. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Le Point. "Jacques Aschenbroich star discrète du salon de l'auto". Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "Malgré les affaires, Anne Lauvergeon reste incontournable". Challenges. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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